Transcript Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat? 5

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Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a
variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and
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This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading—Informational Text
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time,
sequence, and cause/effect.
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Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
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Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
Jellies have no bones or cartilage, no heart to pump blood, nor even a brain to control a
central nervous system. These strange, undulating sea creatures don’t have heads
either. Yet this species still manages to turn quite a few heads with its brilliantly colored
tentacles and pinstriped bell.
When not lowering its tentacles into the water in hopes of snaring a fish, the flower hat
jelly coils them up, as seen here. Found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean near the
southern reaches of Japan, and in the Atlantic near Argentina and Brazil, the flower hat
jelly will swim either just below the surface, or closer to the sea floor – an unusual
behavior for jellies.
At no more than 6 inches in diameter, the flower hat jelly feeds on small fish, caught and
stung with those tentacles. And though the sting isn’t deadly for humans, it does hurt and
leaves a bright rash on the skin.
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
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Find a video of a jellyfish eating. After watching this, how would you
describe how jellyfish eat?
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Web
Search
What do jellyfish eat?
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Web
Search
Where is the “mouth” of a jellyfish? How is it different from the
mouths of many other animals?
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Web
Search
How do jellyfish digest their food?
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Web
Search
How do jellyfish capture their prey?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
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Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
1
Video
Search
Find a video of a jellyfish eating. After watching this, how would you
describe how jellyfish eat?
2
Web
Search
What do jellyfish eat?
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Web
Search
Where is the “mouth” of a jellyfish? How is it different from the
mouths of many other animals?
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Web
Search
How do jellyfish digest their food?
5
Web
Search
How do jellyfish capture their prey?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
1
Video
Search
Find a video of a jellyfish eating. After watching this, how would you
describe how jellyfish eat?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
2
Web
Search
What do jellyfish eat?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
3
Web
Search
Where is the “mouth” of a jellyfish? How is it different from the
mouths of many other animals?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
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Web
Search
How do jellyfish digest their food?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?
5
Web
Search
How do jellyfish capture their prey?
Without a mouth, how do jellyfish eat?